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Clayton
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English
Etymology
From en enm Claytone, enm Cleyton, from en ang clǣġ clay + en ang tūn enclosure, settlement; town. Analyzable as en clay ton.
Pronunciation
en /ˈkleɪtən/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Clayton.wav Southern England
en eɪtən 2
Proper noun
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A placename:
en large number of places c/USA:
en town/county seat co/Barbour County s/Alabama ; named for Georgia jurist and congressman Augustin Smith Clayton.
en city s/Contra Costa County s/California ; named for founder Joel Henry Clayton.
en Clayton's Claytonville
en town co/Kent County and co/New Castle County s/Delaware ; named for John M. Clayton.
en city/county seat co/Rabun County s/Georgia ; named for Augustin Smith Clayton.
en minor city co/Custer County s/Idaho ; the smallest city in the United States, named for early settler Clayton Smith.
en village/and/twp co/Adams County s/Illinois ; named for Henry Clay.
en town twp:Suf/Liberty co/Hendricks County s/Indiana ; named for Kentucky statesman Henry Clay.
en minor city co/Clayton County s/Iowa.
en minor city co/Decatur County and co/Norton County s/Kansas ; named for the clay in the area.
en town co/Concordia Parish s/Louisiana.
en ucomm co/Harford County s/Maryland.
en comm town:pref/New Marlborough co/Berkshire County s/Massachusetts.
en village twp:Suf/Hudson and twp:Suf/Dover co/Lenawee County s/Michigan.
en ucomm co/Tunica County s/Mississippi.
en city/county seat co/St. Louis County s/Missouri ; named for landowner Ralph Clayton.
en bor in co/Gloucester County s/New Jersey. TopoZone: Clayton, New Jersey
en town/county seat co/Union County s/New Mexico ; named for Clayton Dorsey, son of Arkansas statesman Stephen Wallace Dorsey.
en town/and/village co/Jefferson County s/New York ; named for lawyer and politician John M. Clayton. TopoZone: Clayton, New York
en town co/Johnston County s/North Carolina. TopoZone: Clayton, North Carolina
en city co/Montgomery County s/Ohio ; named for John Clayton, a War of 1812 veteran.
en town co/Pushmataha County s/Oklahoma ; named for the city in Missouri.
en ucomm twp:Suf/Hereford and twp:Suf/Washington co/Berks County s/Pennsylvania.
en ucomm co/Panola County s/Texas.
en CDP co/Stevens County s/Washington.
en ucomm co/Summers County s/West Virginia.
en town co/Crawford County s/Wisconsin.
en town/and/village co/Polk County s/Wisconsin ; named for Clayton Rogers, the foreman of the town's sawmill.
en town co/Winnebago County s/Wisconsin.
en A number of <<townships>> in the <<c/USA>>, listed under Clayton Township.
en Clayton County.
en place c/Canada:
en comm town:pref/Mississippi Mills co/Lanark County p/Ontario.
en rurmun (the Rural Municipality of Clayton No. 333) in east p/Saskatchewan.
en few places cc/England:
en suburb of the city of city/Manchester co/Greater Manchester ; named for the Clayton family which owned land nearby OS grid ref SJ8898.
en village par/Clayton with Frickley metbor/Doncaster co/South Yorkshire OS grid ref SE4507.
en suburb town/Newcastle-under-Lyme co/Staffordshire OS grid ref SJ8544.
en village par/Hassocks dist/Mid Sussex co/West Sussex OS grid ref TQ2914.
en suburban village/and/cpar in the metbor/Bradford co/West Yorkshire OS grid ref SE1231. Parish map (West Yorkshire)
en village south-west of x/Guardbridge north-east carea/Fife cc/Scotland OS grid ref NO4318 List of United Kingdom locations: Cl-Cn#Clay
en suburb city/Melbourne s/Victoria c/Australia ; named for proprietor John Hughes Clayton.
en habitational Old English.
en male surnames.
Derived terms
en Clayton South Clayton Bridge Clayton County Claytonville Claytonian Clayton-le-Moors Claytons Clayton's Clayton motion Clayton West Clayton with Frickley
Descendants
mul Claytonia 1
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